Apoloniusz Lysejko

During the summer of 2009, American pharologists participated in a picturesque journey to the Polish lighthouses from Krynica Morska to Swinoujscie. The main character of this article unfortunately could not make that trip. It seems that Poland made such an interesting impression on the 2009 trip participants that Tim Blackwood, board member of United States Lighthouse Society, decided to see the country for himself. I received an email from Tim on June 1, 2012.

For centuries lighthouses have stood alongside sea routes, but now they have become monuments to history and technology. One technological mechanism that has become part of history is a time ball. It was affixed to the roof of many lighthouses. A small number of them have survived, for example, at Greenwich (UK), Karlskrona (Sweden), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Norfolk (Virginia, USA) and Singapore. They are are all great tourist attractions.The time ball in Gdansk has joined this select company of magical places.